Making Blocks Drop Items

[bigfootbasher]

So, by looking at the title you're probably passing me up as an average Joe that knows no code, but you are wrong! *dun, dun, duuuun!*

 

More seriously, though, I have 3 different ore blocks and I want them all to drop gems of themselves (say RubyOre drops RubyGem) but I refuse to make classes for them just to say I want them to drop these items.

 

rubyOre = new Block(MASS_Info.rubyOreID, Material.rock);

 

That is the example I want to use. I want my ores to just be basic blocks and to Extend Block and not have to create individual classes.

 

My question is can I change what they drop in my base classes init() method?

For example, is there a method or a function to do so?

 

Thanks!

[Mew]

Nope. Sorry.

[bigfootbasher]

Nope. Sorry.

Ah, I see. Is there a way in which all three of my ores can share one BlockOre file and use if statements to check what their block ID is then drop the corresponding id of the item?

[GotoLink]

You can put a setter for the drop in a custom block class file, so you can chain it into your block initialization line.

[bigfootbasher]

So my compromise was to make one BlockOre.class and inside put the method:

 

public int idDropped(int par1, Random par2Random, int par3) {
	if (blockID == MyBlocks.myOre1.blockID) {
		return MyItems.myGem1.itemID;
	}
	if (blockID == MyBlocks.myOre2.blockID) {
		return MyItems.myGem2.itemID;
	}
	if (blockID == MyBlocks.myOre3.blockID) {
		return MyItems.myGem3.itemID;
	}

	return blockID;
}